Washington · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY
UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $440,023 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound ($155,088). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $440k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What United Way of Lewis County does
Mission
The mission of United Way of Lewis County (uwlc) is connecting people and resources to improve the quality of life in lewis county. Uwlc has evolved from its roots as a fundraising organization to a critical community impact organization mobilizing local partners - including businesses, community leaders and community residents - to break the cycle of poverty and expand opportunities for people to become successful and self-sufficient. We unite community resources to invest in solutions that lift families out of poverty in our community. Our board, staff, donors, volunteers, and community partners are committed to creating equitable lasting, sustainable changes that transform lives and build a thriving community for us all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
United way, locally and worldwide, brings people, organizations, and communities together around a common cause, a common vision, and a common path forward. In many communities, united way is the only nonprofit building up the foundations of education, financial stability and health-and the only nonprofit bringing people together from all walks of life to be a part of local solutions. The mission of United Way of Lewis County is connecting people and resources to improve the quality of life in lewis county. For over 56 years, United Way of Lewis County has supported local programs that have addressed a variety of worthwhile needs in the community. From hunger to homeless, we have provided a hand up to individuals and families facing hardship.
$5,142,577 spentof which $102,049 as grants100% of program spendingAs needs in our community change, so must the way we address them. Through extensive research and community surveys, United Way of Lewis County has adopted a strategic focus that will create long-term stability for families and children. Our new strategic area of impact focuses specifically on lifting families out of poverty, with the bold goal of moving 30% of families out of poverty by 2030, (equates to over 3,400 families in lewis county). This significant transformation comes at a time where 47% of lewis county struggles to meet their most basic needs. Lifting families out of poverty is a unique and complex issue that United Way of Lewis County has adopted to create long term social change and brighter futures for generations to come. United Way of Lewis County is currently developing strategies that serve both children and their parents intentionally and simultaneously, leading to positive outcomes for families. Our community impact approach is unique - we work towards changing systems to that individuals and families can overcome challenges altogether. It is about investing in the present and the foundation, as well as, the future. A healthy community learns well, earns…
United Way of Lewis County is helping to change the story for families with children living in poverty. Far too many children are growing up in poverty and households that are financially struggling. In lewis county, over 3,300 children don't have enough to eat, a consistent place to sleep, or access to a doctor when they are sick. Research shows that children who grow up with this kind of economic hardship are at greater risk of experiencing levels of toxic stress so severe it can affect them throughout their lifetime. Such stress impacts their emotional development, their future academic achievement, and the chances they will raise their own children in economic hardship as well. Children are more likely to thrive when their parents are thriving. For 24.5% of youth in lewis county, poverty is impeding their educational success.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,142,577.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $2.2M to $4.0M (+83%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 1% · 2020 18% · 2021 37% · 2023 14% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Annie Oien
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $18k → $31k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 69% · 2019 58% · 2020 69% · 2021 49% · 2022 73% · 2023 40% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
58% of UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $214k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY?
- UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $440,023 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound ($155,088). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $440,023 in grants to UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY?
- The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound is the largest funder on record, with $155,088 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF LEWIS COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing